Toronto's Season opener:
Game 1, October 2nd @ Montreal Canadiens

Starting Line-up

LW        Center        RW

Jonas Hoglund         Mats Sundin        Steve Thomas
Sergei Berezin     Igor Korolev        Gary Valk
Todd Warriner      Yanic Perreault     Mike Johnson
                       Steve Sullivan      Tie Domi

Defence

Sylvain Cote       Tommas Keberle
Daniil Markov        Alexandre Karpovtsev
Bryan Berard        Cory Cross
Chris McAllister

Goalie

CUJO

The Game

After 6 minutes and 5 seconds of playing the first period of the the first game, Captain Mats Sundin put some offense to their penalty kill!  As a Montreal defenceman, standing at the blue line, received the puck, Mats came skating by and, with his stick, stole control of the puck.  Putting his legs in gear, he speeded his way towards goal tender Jeff Hackett.  Hackett stood prepared but the Toronto Captain beat him with a nifty little back hander!

The second goal of the game wasn't scored until 17:13 of the second.  It was a nice goal to start off, left winger, Jonas Hoglund's career as a Maple Leaf! Steve Thomas stood behind the net and made a pass to Sundin who took a shot.  Hackett was quick and saved it, but unfortunately for him Hoglund stood only a few feet away from Sundin, got the rebound and put it in.

Also in the second period, Leaf's Bryan Berard got into a fight, which got the crowd going.  But not as much as Montreal's goal scored by, last year's high scorer, Marty Rucinsky!

Montreal fans grew pretty quiet after that, thanks to two more goals scored by the Leafs.  One, an unexpected goal, scored by Tommas Keberle and the other scored by Sergei Berezin.  Both took place in the third period.

As the buzzard sounded big boy Chris McAllister got into a fight with Turner Stevenson of the Canadiens.  And to finish it all off Cujo was named the 1st star.  Mats the second and Sergei Berezin the third!  The Leafs started their season with a 4-1 win!

Game 2, October 4th VS Boston Bruins
Cujo got the shut-out as they won 4-0

Game 3, October 6th vs Colorado Avalanche
They got another win to their record by winning 2-1

Game 4, October 9th @ Ottawa Senators
The Leafs 1st lost of the season.

Game5, October 11th vs Nashville Predators
Beaten by the Predators, 4-2.

Game 6, October 13th vs Florida
Won 3-2

Game 7, October 15th @ Chicago Blackhawks
Another win for the Buds, this time 2-1.  Healy was great in net for Toronto!

Game 8, October 16th @ St-Louis Blues
Oh, pooooor, Toronto, they got their butts kicked 4-2 by the Blues.

Game 9, October 20th vs Carolina Huricanes
Not a win, not a loss.  This game ended in a 3-3 tie as neither team could take the extra point in overtime!

Game 10, October 23rd vs Montreal Canadiens
It was the second time this season that these two rivals met, it was the second time Toronto took the win...3-2

Game 11, October 25th vs Dallas Stars
Cujo, playing great as usual, didn't allow any of the Stanley Cup champions' shots to go in his net as the Leafs won 4-0

Game 12, October 27th vs Atlanta Thrashers
This time Healy got the shutout! And for the third time this season it was a 4-0 win!

Game 13, October 30th vs Calgary Flames
It was a fight for both teams, but Toronto came out on top with a 2-1 win!